resolute: (Default)
resolute ([personal profile] resolute) wrote2023-06-30 07:36 pm

Surgery went great today

Today was the eleventh throat surgery I have had since January 2022.

This one went great! I was out of the hospital exactly five hours after arriving, which is a fucking RECORD. (The longest stay was six days, three of which were in the ICU on a ventilator.) (I watched SO MUCH curling, as the 2022 Winter Olympics were on at the time.)

Intubating me through the tracheostomy continues to be effective. It's why I HAVE a tracheostomy at all -- an after-market access port for anesthesiology teams so they do not struggle to keep me alive. (I am what we call "difficult to intubate.")

There's not a lot of swelling, I can breathe normally, the doctor did not use the laser cutter so my pain levels are not bad, it's all good.

Next surgery is in nine weeks, not six, because the throat dilation appears to be becoming effective and my throat is not growing closed as much or as rapidly between each surgery.

Breathing is SO nice. I recommend it.
brainwane: My smiling face, including a small gold bindi (Default)

Yay!

[personal profile] brainwane 2023-07-01 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I am so glad things went well!
pameladean: (Default)

[personal profile] pameladean 2023-07-01 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's good news. P.
laurashapiro: a woman sits at a kitchen table reading a book, cup of tea in hand. Table has a sliced apple and teapot. A cat looks on. (Default)

[personal profile] laurashapiro 2023-07-01 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad you are benefiting more from this procedure and I really hope there is a future where you can wait longer and longer in between.
umadoshi: (kittens - Sinha - napping)

[personal profile] umadoshi 2023-07-01 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray for it going so quickly and smoothly! ^_^
elisem: (Default)

[personal profile] elisem 2023-07-02 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, good!
jesse_the_k: White woman riding black Quantum 4400 powerchair off the right edge, chased by the word "powertool" (JK 56 powertool)

So glad to hear of a non-horrible

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2023-07-02 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)

medical encounter!

May your aftermarket access-point serve you well.